Dichpalle Explained

Dichpally
Settlement Type:Suburb of Nizamabad
Pushpin Map:India Telangana#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates:18.5833°N 78.2°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Telangana
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Nizamabad
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:428
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Telugu, Urdu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:503175
Registration Plate:TS

Dichpalle is a village in Nizamabad district in the state of Telangana in India.[1]

Leprosy centre

Dr Isabel Kerr founded the Victoria Leprosy Hospital here in 1915. In the 1960s the leprosy centre that she founded had over 400 patients.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mandals in Nizamabad district . 2007-02-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050312212523/http://nizamabad.nic.in/code/distmap.htm . 2005-03-12.
  2. http://leprosyhistory.org/database/archive187 Victoria Leprosy Hospital (Dichpali / Dichpalli)